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==Islamic antisemitism in Europe== A 2017 report by the University of Oslo Center for Research on Extremism tentatively suggests that "individuals of Muslim background stand out among perpetrators of antisemitic violence in Western Europe".<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.hlsenteret.no/publikasjoner/digitale-hefter/antisemittisk-vold-i-europa_engelsk_endelig-versjon.pdf| title=Antisemitic Violence in Europe, 2005-2015 - Exposure and Perpetrators in France, UK, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Russia| date=June 2017| author=Johannes Due Enstad| publisher=Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, University of Oslo Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX), University of Oslo| access-date=20 July 2017| archive-date=13 October 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013210540/https://www.hlsenteret.no/publikasjoner/digitale-hefter/antisemittisk-vold-i-europa_engelsk_endelig-versjon.pdf| url-status=dead}}</ref> ===The Netherlands=== {{Further|Antisemitism in the Netherlands}} In the [[Netherlands]], antisemitic incidents, from verbal abuse to violence, are reported, allegedly connected with Islamic youth, mostly boys from [[Morocco|Moroccan]] descent. A phrase made popular during football matches against the so-called Jewish football club [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] has been adopted by Muslim youth and is frequently heard at pro-Palestinian demonstrations: "Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the gas!" According to the Centre for Information and Documentation on Israel, a pro-Israel lobby group in the Netherlands, in 2009, the number of antisemitic incidents in [[Amsterdam]], the city that is home to most of the approximately 40,000 [[History of the Jews in the Netherlands|Dutch Jews]], was said to be doubled compared to 2008.<ref name="nrc.nl">Berkhout, Karel. (2010-01-26) [http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2468489.ece/Anti-Semitism_on_the_rise_in_Amsterdam "Anti-Semitism on the rise in Amsterdam"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302092941/http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2468489.ece/Anti-Semitism_on_the_rise_in_Amsterdam |date=2 March 2010 }}. Nrc.nl. Retrieved on 2012-06-01.</ref> In 2010, [[Raphael Evers]], an [[Orthodox judaism|orthodox]] rabbi in [[Amsterdam]], told the [[Norway|Norwegian]] newspaper [[Aftenposten]] that [[Jews]] can no longer be safe in the city anymore due to the risk of violent assaults. "Jews no longer feel at home in the city. Many are considering [[aliyah]] to Israel."<ref name="aftenposten.no">[http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article3584266.ece Hets av jøder er økende i Europa – Aftenposten] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411225535/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article3584266.ece |date=11 April 2012 }}. Aftenposten.no. Retrieved on 2012-06-01.</ref> ===Belgium=== {{Further|Antisemitism in Belgium|1980 Antwerp summer camp attack|Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting}} There were well over a hundred antisemitic attacks recorded in [[Belgium]] in 2009. This was a 100% increase from the year before. The perpetrators were usually young males of immigrant background from the [[Middle East]]. In 2009, the [[Belgium|Belgian]] city of [[Antwerp]], often referred to as [[Europe]]'s last [[shtetl]], experienced a surge in antisemitic violence. [[Bloeme Evers-Emden]], an Amsterdam resident and [[Auschwitz]] survivor, was quoted in the newspaper ''[[Aftenposten]]'' in 2010: "The antisemitism now is even worse than before the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]. The antisemitism has become more [[violent]]. Now they are threatening to kill us."<ref name="aftenposten.no"/> ===France=== {{Further|Antisemitism in France}} In 2004, France experienced rising levels of Islamic antisemitism and acts that were publicized around the world.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3880585.stm Chirac vows to fight race attacks] BBC. 9 July 2004.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3586543.stm |title=Anti-Semitism 'on rise in Europe' |work=[[BBC News]] |date=31 March 2004 |access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref><ref name=NYT-Smith>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/international/26antisemitism.html | work=The New York Times | first=Craig S. | last=Smith | title=Jews in France Feel Sting as Anti-Semitism Surges Among Children of Immigrants | date=26 March 2006 |access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref> In 2006, rising levels of antisemitism were recorded in French schools. Reports related to the tensions between the children of North African Muslim immigrants and North African Jewish children.<ref name=NYT-Smith/> The climax was reached when [[Ilan Halimi]] was tortured to death by the so-called "Barbarians gang", led by Youssouf Fofana. In 2007, over 7,000 members of the community petitioned for asylum in the United States, citing antisemitism in France.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://jta.org/news/article/2007/03/20/100725/Frenchpetition |title=French Jews petition U.S. for asylum |work=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |date=2007-03-20 |access-date=10 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905044711/http://www.jta.org/news/article/2007/03/20/100725/Frenchpetition |archive-date=5 September 2012 }}</ref> Between 2001 and 2005, an estimated 12,000 French Jews took [[Aliyah]] to Israel. Several émigrés cited antisemitism and the growing Arab population as reasons for leaving.<ref name=Ford>{{cite news |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0622/p01s03-woeu.html|title=Anti-Semitism rising, Jews in France ponder leaving |last=Ford |first=Peter |date=2004-06-22 |work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |access-date=27 November 2009}}</ref> At a welcoming ceremony for French Jews in the summer of 2004, then [[Prime Minister of Israel|Israeli Prime Minister]] [[Ariel Sharon]] caused controversy when he advised all French Jews to "move immediately" to Israel and escape what he coined "the wildest anti-semitism" in France.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-11-22-jews-france_x.htm |title=As attacks rise in France, Jews flock to Israel |work=[[USA Today]] |date=22 November 2004 | first1=Andrea | last1=Stone | access-date=2010-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2683783.stm |title=French Jews leave with no regrets |work=[[BBC News]] |date=23 January 2003 |first=James |last=Coomarasamy |access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3904943.stm |title=French Jews 'must move to Israel' |work=[[BBC News]] |date=18 July 2004 |access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jul/20/france.israel1 |title=French Jews caught up in a war of words |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 July 2004 | location=London | first=Amelia | last=Gentleman | access-date=2010-05-04}}</ref> In the first half of 2009, an estimated 631 recorded acts of antisemitism took place in France, more than in the whole of 2008.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091217075855/http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1260447430597&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Anti-semitism is making a loud comeback] Jerusalem Post. 13 December 2009</ref> Speaking to the [[World Jewish Congress]] in December 2009, the French Interior Minister Hortefeux described the acts of antisemitism as "a poison to our republic". He also announced that he would appoint a special coordinator for fighting racism and antisemitism.<ref>[http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/main/showNews/id/8718 French interior minister says anti-Semitism at an alarming level] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607011253/http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/main/showNews/id/8718 |date=7 June 2011 }} 14 December 2009</ref> The rise of antisemitism in modern France has been linked to the intensifying [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]].<ref name="Reuters French Jews">{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-jews-attacks-idUSTRE50T57520090130 | work=Reuters | title=French Jews ask Sarkozy to help curb attacks | date=30 January 2009 | access-date=10 April 2014 | archive-date=16 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016223539/http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/01/30/us-france-jews-attacks-idUSTRE50T57520090130 | url-status=live }}</ref> Since the [[Gaza War (2008–09)|Gaza War]] in 2009, decreases in antisemitism have been reversed. A report compiled by the Coordination Forum for Countering Anti-Semitism singled out France in particular among Western countries for antisemitism.<ref>{{cite news |author=Dr. Ruchama Weiss |author2=Rabbi Levi Brackman |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3661455,00.html |title=Report: Gaza war reverses drop in anti-Semitism |work=[[Ynetnews]] |date=2009-01-25 |access-date=2014-04-10}}</ref> Between the start of the Israeli offensive in Gaza in late December and the end of it in January, an estimated hundred antisemitic acts were recorded in France. This compares with a total of 250 antisemitic acts in the whole of 2007.<ref name="Reuters French Jews"/> In 2012, Mohammed Merah [[Toulouse and Montauban shootings|killed four Jews]], including three children, at the Ozar HaTorah Jewish school in Toulouse. Shortly after the [[Charlie Hebdo shooting]] in 2015, [[Amedy Coulibaly]] murdered four Jewish patrons of a Kosher supermarket in Paris and held fifteen people hostage in the [[Porte de Vincennes siege]]. In response to these high-profile attacks, Jewish emigration from France to Israel increased by 20%, to 5,100 per year, between 2014 and 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4669430,00.html|title=French immigration to Israel surges in summer of 2015|newspaper=Ynetnews|access-date=2016-10-09}}</ref> ===Germany=== According to a 2012 survey, 18% of [[Turks in Germany]] believe that Jews are inferior human beings.<ref>Liljeberg Research International: [https://d171.keyingress.de/multimedia/document/228.pdf ''Deutsch-Türkische Lebens und Wertewelten 2012''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011112234/https://d171.keyingress.de/multimedia/document/228.pdf |date=11 October 2012 }}, July/August 2012, p. 68</ref><ref>[[Die Welt]]: [https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article108659406/Tuerkische-Migranten-hoffen-auf-muslimische-Mehrheit.html ''Türkische Migranten hoffen auf muslimische Mehrheit''], 17 August 2012, retrieved 23 August 2012</ref> A "non-representative study" by the [[American Jewish Committee|Ramer Institute for Jewish-German Relations]] suggests that antisemitic views were especially prevalent among Germany's native-born Muslim youth and children of immigrants.<ref>{{cite news |title=Israeli flag burning prompts German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel to back outlawing it |url=http://www.dw.com/en/israeli-flag-burning-prompts-german-foreign-minister-sigmar-gabriel-to-back-outlawing-it/a-41806074 |publisher=[[DW News]] |date=15 December 2017 |access-date=17 December 2017 |quote="official statistics attribute most such crimes to right-wing extremists ... A non-representative study by the American Jewish Committee and its Berlin-based program, the Ramer Institute for Jewish-German Relations ... conducted [interviews] with 68 Syrian and Iraqi refugees{{nbsp}}... The study's authors conclude: "{{thin space}}'Anti-Semitic mindsets and stereotypes were prevalent in the interviews...'{{thin space}}"}}</ref> A 2023 survey found that 26% of German Muslim respondents agreed with the antisemitic statement that "wealthy Jews are the real rulers of the world", compared to the national average of just 4%, and were overall three or four times more likely than the national average to embrace antisemitic ideology.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Ben |date=2023-07-25 |title=New Survey Reveals Widespread Antisemitism Among German Muslims Compared With Overall Population |url=https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/07/25/new-survey-reveals-widespread-antisemitism-among-german-muslims-compared-with-overall-population/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=[[Algemeiner]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Seven percent of German Muslim respondents agreed that violence against Jews was acceptable, compared to 2% of the national average.<ref name=":3" /> {{image frame |content={{Graph:Chart |height=150 |width=200 |xAxisTitle= |yAxisTitle=% |yAxisMin=0 |type=rect |showSymbols=yes |legend=Legend |x=harassment, assault |y1=19,25 |y1Title=Left-extremists |y2=19,19 |y2Title=Right-extremists |y3=62,81 |y3Title=Muslim individual |y4=22,13 |y4Title=Christian group |y5=6,6 |y5Title=Other |colors=red,black,green,blue,grey}} |width=378 |caption=Perpetrators of antisemitic verbal harassment and physical assault. Attackers characterised by victim. An attacker may belong to more than 1 group.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://uni-bielefeld.de/ikg/daten/JuPe_Bericht_April2017.pdf|title=Jüdische Perspektiven auf Antisemitismus in Deutschland Ein Studienbericht für den Expertenrat Antisemitismus|last=Andreas Zick, Andreas Hövermann, Silke Jensen, Julia Bernstein|publisher=[[Universität Bielefeld]]|year=2017|location=Bielefeld|pages=25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428115221/https://uni-bielefeld.de/ikg/daten/JuPe_Bericht_April2017.pdf|archive-date=28 April 2018}}</ref> }} In police statistics more than 90 percent of incidents are counted as "right wing extremism". According to the ''[[Washington Post]]'', government officials and Jewish leaders doubt that figure, because cases with unknown perpetrators and some kinds of attacks automatically get classified as "extreme right".<ref name="police">{{cite news|last1=Witte|first1=Griff|last2=Beck|first2=Lusia|title=After a refugee influx, does Germany have an imported anti-Semitism problem? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/after-a-refugee-influx-does-germany-have-an-imported-anti-semitism-problem/2018/04/27/1c804d54-46ff-11e8-8082-105a446d19b8_story.html?noredirect=on|newspaper=Washington Post|date=28 April 2018}}</ref> A 2017 study of Jewish perspectives on antisemitism in Germany by [[Bielefeld University]] found that individuals and groups which belong to the extreme right and the extreme left were equally represented as perpetrators of antisemitic harassment and assaults, while a large number of the attacks were committed by Muslim assailants. The study also found that 70% of the participants feared a rise in antisemitism [[Immigration to Germany|due to immigration]], citing potential antisemitism among refugees.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://uni-bielefeld.de/ikg/daten/JuPe_Bericht_April2017.pdf|title=Jüdische Perspektiven auf Antisemitismus in Deutschland Ein Studienbericht für den Expertenrat Antisemitismus|last=Andreas Zick, Andreas Hövermann, Silke Jensen, Julia Bernstein|publisher=[[Universität Bielefeld]]|year=2017|location=Bielefeld|pages=4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428115221/https://uni-bielefeld.de/ikg/daten/JuPe_Bericht_April2017.pdf|archive-date=28 April 2018}}</ref> Following the [[7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel|October 7th massacre]] of Israelis by Palestinians, dozens of Arab and Muslim residents of [[Neukölln (locality)|Neukölln]] celebrated on the streets of the neighbourhood, some handing out sweets and candy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-21 |title=Israel-Hamas war cuts deep into Germany's soul |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/israel-hamas-war-germany-germany-berlin/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=POLITICO |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinke |first=Ronen |date=2023-10-09 |title=Angriff der Hamas: Der Rechtsstaat darf die Feier von Terror nicht dulden |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/gaza-neukoelln-feier-hamas-kommentar-1.6280592?reduced=true |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]] |language=de}}</ref> Since then, antisemitism and [[Holocaust denial]] among the Muslim population of Germany has surged, with Jew-hatred "becoming mainstream among youths and young adults in some Arab communities".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pancevski |first=Bjoan |date=2023-10-18 |title=Antisemitism Among Muslim Migrants Unsettles a Germany Haunted by the Holocaust |url=https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/antisemitism-among-muslim-migrants-unsettles-a-germany-haunted-by-the-holocaust-ff359e73 |access-date=2024-11-21 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref> Neukölln’s integration commissioner, Güner Balci, stated that antisemitism is "widespread in certain Muslim milieus", and criticised the failure of any of Germany’s [[Mosque|mosques]] to condemn unequivocally the violence of the 7 October massacre.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Elger |first=Katrin |date=2023-10-11 |title=Muslim Anti-Semitism in Berlin: "Wide Swaths of Arab-Speaking Population Harbor Sympathies for Terrorists" |url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/muslim-anti-semitism-in-berlin-wide-swaths-of-arab-speaking-population-harbor-sympathies-for-terrorists-a-f7c73040-7be1-4509-9150-810266818f49 |access-date=2024-11-21 |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |language=en |issn=2195-1349}}</ref> In November 2024, [[Berlin]]’s chief of police Barbara Slowik also warned that Jews and gay people should hide their identity in order to protect their safety when entering Arab and Muslim-majority neighbourhoods and that "There are certain neighbourhoods where the majority of people of Arab origin live, who also have sympathies for terrorist groups" and are "openly hostile towards Jews".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Luyken |first=Jörg |date=2024-11-18 |title=Jews and gay people should hide identity in 'Arab neighbourhoods', says Berlin police chief |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/11/18/jews-gay-people-hide-identity-arab-areas-germany/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> A week earlier, a group of Jewish schoolchildren in a youth soccer team were "hunted down" and attacked with knives by pro-Palestinian Arabs.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Luyken |first=Jörg |date=2024-11-11 |title=Jewish youth football team 'attacked by knife-wielding pro-Palestinian mob in Berlin' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/11/11/jewish-youth-football-team-attacked-pro-palestinians-berlin/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ===Sweden=== {{Further|Antisemitism in Sweden}} A government study in 2006 estimated that 5% of the total adult population and 39% of adult Muslims "harbour systematic antisemitic views".<ref name="GovStudy">Henrik Bachner and Jonas Ring. {{cite web|url=http://intolerans.levandehistoria.se/article/article_docs/antisemitism_english.pdf |title=Antisemitic images and attitudes in Sweden |access-date=2007-02-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221140257/http://intolerans.levandehistoria.se/article/article_docs/antisemitism_english.pdf |archive-date=21 February 2007 }}. levandehistoria.se</ref> The former prime minister [[Göran Persson]] described these results as "surprising and terrifying". However, the rabbi of Stockholm's Orthodox Jewish community, Meir Horden, said, "It's not true to say that the Swedes are antisemitic. Some of them are hostile to Israel because they support the weak side, which they perceive the Palestinians to be."<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/922248.html Anti-Semitism, in Sweden? Depends who you're asking] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418045705/http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/922248.html |date=18 April 2009 }}, ''Haaretz'', 9 November 2007.</ref> In March 2010, Fredrik Sieradzki told ''Die Presse'', an Austrian Internet publication, that Jews are being "harassed and physically attacked" by "people from the Middle East", although he added that only a small number of Malmö's 40,000 Muslims "exhibit hatred of Jews". Sieradzk also stated that approximately 30 Jewish families have emigrated from Malmö to Israel in the past year, specifically to escape from harassment. Also in March, the Swedish newspaper ''Skånska Dagbladet'' reported that attacks on Jews in Malmö totaled 79 in 2009, about twice as many as the previous year, according to police statistics.<ref>[http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/03/22/1011279/report-anti-semitic-attacks-in-rise-in-scandanavia Report: Anti-Semitic attacks rising in Scandinavia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325205944/http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/03/22/1011279/report-anti-semitic-attacks-in-rise-in-scandanavia |date=25 March 2010 }}, Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), 22 March 2010.</ref> In early 2010, the Swedish publication ''The Local'' published series of articles about the growing antisemitism in [[Malmö, Sweden]]. In an interview in January 2010, Fredrik Sieradzki of the Jewish Community of Malmö stated, "Threats against Jews have increased steadily in Malmö in recent years and many young Jewish families are choosing to leave the city. Many feel that the community and local politicians have shown a lack of understanding for how the city's Jewish residents have been marginalized." He also added, "right now many Jews in Malmö are really concerned about the situation here and don't believe they have a future here." ''The Local'' also reported that Jewish cemeteries and synagogues have repeatedly been defaced with antisemitic graffiti, and a chapel at another Jewish burial site in Malmö was firebombed in 2009.<ref>[http://www.thelocal.se/24632/20100127/ Jews flee Malmö as anti-Semitism grows] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006195736/http://www.thelocal.se/24632/20100127/ |date=6 October 2012}} by David Landes, The Local, 27 January 2010.</ref> In 2009 the Malmö police received reports of 79 antisemitic incidents, double the number of the previous year (2008).<ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/7278532/Jews-leave-Swedish-city-after-sharp-rise-in-anti-Semitic-hate-crimes.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/7278532/Jews-leave-Swedish-city-after-sharp-rise-in-anti-Semitic-hate-crimes.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|location=London|work=The Daily Telegraph|first=Nick|last=Meo|title=Jews leave Swedish city after sharp rise in anti-Semitic hate crimes|date=21 February 2010|access-date=10 April 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Fredrik Sieradzki, spokesman for the Malmö Jewish community, estimated that the already small Jewish population is shrinking by 5% a year. "Malmö is a place to move away from," he said, citing antisemitism as the primary reason.<ref name=":0">[https://forward.com/news/129233/for-jews-swedish-city-is-a-place-to-move-away-f/ For Jews, Swedish City Is a 'Place To Move Away From' –]. Forward.com. Retrieved on 2012-06-01.</ref> In October 2010, ''The Forward'' reported on the current state of Jews and the level of antisemitism in Sweden. Henrik Bachner, a writer and professor of history at the University of Lund, claimed that members of the Swedish Parliament have attended anti-Israel rallies where the Israeli flag was burned while the flags of Hamas and Hezbollah were waved, and the rhetoric was often antisemitic—not just anti-Israel. But such public rhetoric is not branded hateful and denounced. Charles Small, director of the Yale University Initiative for the Study of Antisemitism, stated, "Sweden is a microcosm of contemporary anti-Semitism. It's a form of acquiescence to radical Islam, which is diametrically opposed to everything Sweden stands for." Per Gudmundson, chief editorial writer for ''Svenska Dagbladet'', has sharply criticized politicians who he claims offer "weak excuses" for Muslims accused of antisemitic crimes. "Politicians say these kids are poor and oppressed, and we have made them hate. They are, in effect, saying the behavior of these kids is in some way our fault."<ref name=":0"/> Judith Popinski, an 86-year-old Holocaust survivor, stated that she is no longer invited to schools that have a large Muslim presence to tell her story of surviving the Holocaust. Popinski, who found refuge in Malmö in 1945, stated that, until recently, she told her story in Malmö schools as part of their Holocaust studies program, but that now, many schools no longer ask Holocaust survivors to tell their stories, because Muslim students treat them with such disrespect, either ignoring the speakers or walking out of the class. She further stated, "Malmö reminds me of the anti-Semitism I felt as a child in Poland before the war. "I am not safe as a Jew in Sweden anymore."<ref name=":1"/> In December 2010, the [[Jews|Jewish]] [[human rights]] organization [[Simon Wiesenthal Center]] issued a travel advisory concerning [[Sweden]], advising Jews to express "extreme caution" when visiting the southern parts of the country due to an increase in verbal and physical harassment of Jewish citizens by Muslims in the city of [[Malmö]].<ref>[http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=4441467&ct=8971903 Simon Wiesenthal Center to Issue Travel Advisory for Sweden – Officials Confer With Swedish Justice Minister Beatrice Ask | Simon Wiesenthal Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218192040/http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=4441467&ct=8971903 |date=18 December 2010 }}. Wiesenthal.com (2010-12-14). Retrieved on 2012-06-01.</ref> ===Norway=== {{Further|Antisemitism in Norway}} In 2010, the [[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]] after one year of research, revealed that antisemitism was common among Norwegian Muslims. Teachers at schools with large shares of Muslims revealed that Muslim students often "praise or admire [[Adolf Hitler]] for his killing of Jews", that "Jew-hate is legitimate within vast groups of Muslim students" and that "Muslims laugh or command [teachers] to stop when trying to educate about the Holocaust".<ref name="Jødiske blir hetset"><!-- 400 error-->{{dead link|url=http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/205057|work=NRK Lørdagsrevyen|title=Jødiske blir hetset|date=March 2010|access-date=5 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419230618/http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/205057|archive-date=19 April 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="What about Norwegian anti-Semitism">[http://theforeigner.no/pages/columns/what-about-norwegian-anti-semitism/ What about Norwegian anti-Semitism?] by Leif Knutsenm, ''The Foreigner'' (Norwegian News in English), 16 June 2011.</ref><ref name="newsinenglish.no">[http://www.newsinenglish.no/2010/03/16/anti-semitism-report-shocks-officials/ Anti-semitism report shocks officials], Norway International Network, Views and News from Norway, 16 March 2010.</ref> Additionally, while some students might protest when some express support for [[terrorism]], none object when students express hatred of Jews. Most of these students were said to be born and raised in Norway. A Jewish father also reported that after school his child was taken by a Muslim mob out to the forest to be hanged because he was a Jew, although he managed to escape.<ref name="Jødiske blir hetset"/> ===United Kingdom=== {{Further|Antisemitism in the United Kingdom}} According to British Muslim journalist [[Mehdi Hasan]], "anti-Semitism isn't just tolerated in some sections of the British Muslim community; it's routine and commonplace".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2013/03/sorry-truth-virus-anti-semitism-has-infected-british-muslim-community|title=The sorry truth is that the virus of anti-Semitism has infected the British Muslim community|work=The New Statesman|first=Mehdi|last=Hasan|date=21 March 2013}}</ref> A 2016 survey of 5,446 adult Britons, part of a report titled ''Anti-Semitism in contemporary Great Britain'' that was conducted by the London-based [[Institute for Jewish Policy Research]], found that the prevalence of antisemitic views among Muslims was two to four times higher than the rest of the population. Antisemitic views were on average twice as high among British Muslims compared to the average British population. 55% of British Muslims held at least one antisemitic view, and the survey found there was a correlation between higher levels of Muslim religiosity and education and their endorsement of antisemitic theories.<ref>{{cite news |date=2017-01-12 |title=British Muslims twice as likely to espouse anti-Semitic views, survey suggests |url=https://www.jta.org/2017/09/12/news-opinion/world/british-muslims-twice-likelier-than-others-to-espouse-anti-semitic-views-survey-suggests |access-date=2024-11-21 |work=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41241353|title=Over a quarter of British people 'hold anti-Semitic attitudes', study finds|work=BBC News|first=Callum|last=May|date=13 September 2017}}</ref> A 2020 poll found that 45% of British Muslims hold a generally favourable view of British Jews, and 18% hold a negative view.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/minorities-still-believe-in-tolerant-britain-poll-finds-70m625rt8|title = Minorities still believe in tolerant Britain, poll finds}}</ref> Following the [[7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel|October 7th massacre]] of Israelis by Palestinians, a UK survey found that 46% of British Muslim respondents said they sympathise with [[Hamas]], a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK, and the same percentage agreed that "Jews have too much influence over UK government policy".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Turner |first=Camilla |date=2024-04-06 |title=Just one in four British Muslims believe Hamas committed murder and rape in Israel |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/06/one-in-four-british-muslims-believe-hamas-israel/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> 41% agreed with the statement that "Jews have too much power over UK media", 39% agreed that "Jews have too much power over the UK financial system", 33.6% agreed that "Jews have too much control of the global media system", 33.1% agreed that "Jews have too much control over global political leadership", and 32% wanted [[Sharia|Sharia law]] to be implemented in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ben-David |first=Daniel |date=2024-04-07 |title=Only 1 in 4 British Muslims believe Hamas carried out rape and murder on October 7, according to survey |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/only-1-in-4-british-muslims-believe-hamas-carried-out-rape-and-murder-on-october-7-according-to-survey-x3svowng |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |language=en}}</ref>
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